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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6695 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

medlethmeddleth

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
216 times in 171 works
Consistency
100% (216 of 216)
Reach if approved
~227 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: meddleth
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
216 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (216 changes in 171 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 216)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … vp; and one of them hauing a large discourse of his taking vp, neuerthelesse medlethmeddleth not with that point neither: but one there is who allotteth it to the …
    With rule
    … vp; and one of them hauing a large discourse of his taking vp, neuerthelesse medlethmeddleth not with that point neither: but one there is who allotteth it to the …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 393 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    A reall wrong is that which medlethmeddleth with the Freehold otherwiſe than it ought: and is a Diſcontinuance, or Ouſter.
    With rule
    A reall wrong is that which medlethmeddleth with the Freehold otherwiſe than it ought: and is a Diſcontinuance, or Ouſter.

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 190 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the worldlye Tirauntes and euyl dooers. They dooe ſtynge ano prycke euerye manne that medlethmeddleth wyth them like thornes, they muſte of no neceſſytye therefore feare, dyſtruſt, and be …
    With rule
    … the worldlye Tirauntes and euyl dooers. They dooe ſtynge ano prycke euerye manne that medlethmeddleth wyth them like thornes, they muſte of no neceſſytye therefore feare, dyſtruſt, and be …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … M. Ainſ. mentioneth the word (accident) as being deſirous to take hold thereon, but medlethmeddleth not with M. Iunius his reaſons, being not able to giue anſwer unto them …
    With rule
    … M. Ainſ. mentioneth the word (accident) as being deſirous to take hold thereon, but medlethmeddleth not with M. Iunius his reaſons, being not able to giue anſwer unto them …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 190 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … wayteth for ſome occaſion or oportunitie of falling out or bralling. To cōclude, he medlethmeddleth in euerie matter, he ſtirreth very buſily in euery thing which is done, & catcheth …
    With rule
    … wayteth for ſome occaſion or oportunitie of falling out or bralling. To cōclude, he medlethmeddleth in euerie matter, he ſtirreth very buſily in euery thing which is done, & catcheth …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 150 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the commodities of it (as men of the world are) ſo ſoone as he medlethmeddleth with them; & yet ſhal both thinke, talke & deale about his worldly affaires as far …
    With rule
    … the commodities of it (as men of the world are) ſo ſoone as he medlethmeddleth with them; & yet ſhal both thinke, talke & deale about his worldly affaires as far …

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 582 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſins and ſuch like, are Gods affaires; therefore in theſe matters, the bleſſed virgin medlethmeddleth not.
    With rule
    … ſins and ſuch like, are Gods affaires; therefore in theſe matters, the bleſſed virgin medlethmeddleth not.

    Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 345 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … doctrine of faith and life, is meant by the word of Faith. Heere Paul medlethmeddleth not with good life, elsewhere hee dealeth about it.
    With rule
    … doctrine of faith and life, is meant by the word of Faith. Heere Paul medlethmeddleth not with good life, elsewhere hee dealeth about it.

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 793 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.